Retrospective study of a cohort of adult patients with hematological malignancies in a tropical area

Table 1 Hematological disease distribution and status of accessible and non-accessible examinations

Diagnosis	No. of patients
		Examinations available in French Guiana
Myeloma	27	Complete blood count with cytology
Lymphoma (43 patients)		Bone-marrow aspiration and biopsy
Burkitt	1	Common limited immunophenotypes
Follicular	5	Standard blood chemistry
CLL	5	LDH and β2-microglobulin
High-grade B-NHL	9	Standard immunological studies
MALT NHL	4	Immunoelectrophoresis (blood and urine)
T-NHL	4	Serological testing for HIV, HTLV1, HBV, HCV, EBV, as well as PCR/RT-PCR for these viruses, HHV8, HPV and the majority of infectious diseases (opportunistic or not)
		Standard bone X-rays
		CT scan
		MRI
		Examinations not available in French Guiana
ATL/lymphoma	10	PET scan
ATL/leukemia	2	Complete immunophenotypes
Hodgkin	3	Genetic testing
Myeloproliferative diseases (17 patients)
CML	8
Thrombocytemia	5
Acute leukemia	4
Specific HIV-related entity (2 patients)
Kaposi	2

CLL: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; NHL: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; ATL: Adult T-cell lymphoma-leukemia; CML: Chronic myeloid leukemia; PET: Positrons emission tomography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; MALT: Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; HTLV1: Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; CT: Computed tomography; LDH: Lactico-DeHydrogenase; PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR: Real-time polymerase chain reaction; EBV: Epstein-barr virus; HHV8: Human herpes virus type 8; HPV: Human papilloma virus.